BERNAL TOPS AT THUNDERBOWL

Tulare, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. wheeled Mike Phulps’ Metal Works/Red Line Oil Maxim to victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint feature at Thunderbowl Raceway. He passed Bud Kaeding on lap 18 and led the rest of the way to beat Kaeding, Matt Mitchell, Troy Rutherford and Richard Vander Weerd. Markus Niemela, the seires point leader, finished eighth. Rutherford led the first lap and Kaeding the next 17 before Bernal went to the front.